When you think of tough, weathered materials with which to encase and protect your valuable iPhone, the ol' LEGO® brick may not be the first thing that immediately springs to mind. However, the durable children's toy might make a better option than it initially seems.
- Image Courtesy of Wired
In what is a must-watch video, the potential of LEGO® to be highly effective in its capacity to protect an iPhone is demonstrated. The iPhone is dropped from 100 feet and survives the drop with barely a scratch.
It seems that the impact from the fall is absorbed completely by the LEGO® bricks, and although some of the poor little guys won't make it home (with at least one being noticeably snapped in twain), the iPhone itself is protected and works perfectly after the fall.
Now obviously there are a couple of disadvantages with using a LEGO® iPhone case. It is going to be more bulky than most other cases on the market for a start and so it might be more of the case you use when you're staying at home and not travelling about, that is if you were to use it at all.
Additionally every time the case breaks, it will need to be put back together, essentially having to rebuild the case every time. However this is not too difficult to do, it can be quite fun and is going to be a hell of a lot less inconvenient than buying a new iPhone and/or an iPhone case every time disaster strikes and your phone becomes irreparably damaged.
So as the hunt for the perfect iPhone case continues, LEGO® makes a strong bid in its claim as a serious contender. Even if the issue of has not been unequivocally resolved, perhaps most importantly it justifies dropping things from 100 foot heights which is always fun to watch!
Brickman Dan
Brickman Dan is the founder of Brick Yourself and publishes regular articles on how LEGO® Art & Design, as well as LEGO® Investment.
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